Moana and More AAPI Month Exercise Challenge (May 2022)

[BonnieF]

Just stopping in to say hi and cheer you all on! Thought this picture of my cherry blossoms would fit with Mulan Pink!
All is well here - so far hubby is doing well. Praying that it continues! Can’t wait to come back to post some numbers!

 

[sophy1996]

+35

570/1400

 

[sophy1996]

In honor of Asian/Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian heritage month, the Disney Parks Blog is featuring the stories of some of their employees. Here's an article about a mechanical engineer who works at Animal Kingdom.

 

[Raya]

Popping in real quick to post my runs. Will be back to do maths later. Got up Wednesday morning, and pushed myself out of bed this morning. Spent 4 hours on the phone getting MNSSHP tickets yesterday - didn't get them until after 10pm! It was worth a late start this morning. Wednesday - 37 minutes, today - 31 minutes.

248/480

 

[Raya]

Color updates! Congrats to our newly pink people - Elizabeth Smith and BethisLucy! Our whole team moved up to pink as well. Meanwhile, my early mornings have gotten me to orange, with Sophy1996 right at my heels. I'm wondering when TwilightSparkle is going to show up and blow us all away.

One of the coolest AAPI celebrations at Disney is the Lunar New Year Festival at Disneyland. I've always dreamed of going to this event, where the characters are all in their festival red costumes:

here's Tigger:

There's Mulan's special parade, and performances:

It's on my trip schedule for Feb 2022, I'll keep my fingers crossed that I actually make it out there to celebrate!

 

[Elizabeth Smith]

I got 40 minutes on Thursday and 40 Friday evening.

370/800

 

[PollyannaMom]

90 minutes since my last post (treadmill and yoga)

195/600

 

[sophy1996]

30-minute walk

600/1400

We went to the Lunar New Year during a quick visit to DLR in January 2020. It was the year of the Rat, and Disney had fun turning that into Mice!

 

[sophy1996]

Speaking of DLR, it also has special activities to honor Asian, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian heritage this month. Here’s a Disney Parks Blog article about them.

 

[ColoradoLime]

Wow, I was so busy this week I clearly forgot to check in this week!. I haven't done my real excercise yet today, but as of now I'm at 265/500.

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

290 since last check in - horses, walking, walk/jog, squat challenge, obe

835/1860

Has anyone seen ljcrochet around the boards? I'm worried about her. We haven't seen her here in our group in awhile. I sent a pm, but no reply.

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

Just stopping in to say hi and cheer you all on! Thought this picture of my cherry blossoms would fit with Mulan Pink!
All is well here - so far hubby is doing well. Praying that it continues! Can’t wait to come back to post some numbers!

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So glad to hear your husband is doing well! Love the trees!

 

[sophy1996]

With folks starting to turn Rajah Orange, let's take a look at the Maharajah Jungle Trek at Animal Kingdom, home to WDW's tigers.

The Asia section of Animal Kingdom is set in the fictional kingdom of Anandapur. The Jungle Trek takes you through magnificent ruins of the rajahs' hunting palace--be sure to look for the murals depicting long-ago tiger hunts. Fortunately, the tigers survived the hunts and now rule the ruins. The Jungle Trek also features many other Asian animals, including komodo dragons, bats, and a fascinating aviary.

Here's an article from WDW Magazine listing 5 Wild Facts about the Jungle Trek.

There are six living subspecies of tigers--how many can you name?

Spoiler: Subspecies

Amur (Siberian)
Bengal
Indochinese
Malayan
South China
Sumatran

 

[sophy1996]

Has anyone seen ljcrochet around the boards? I'm worried about her. We haven't seen her here in our group in awhile. I sent a pm, but no reply.

The boards report that her last visit was 3/7. It was kind of you to PM. I’ve been thinking of her and wishing her well, but sadly I’ve also been assuming her treatment wasn’t going well.

 

[ColoradoLime]

Now at 341/500
I did a Chase The Moon 5k last night and the eclipse was awesome. Got the great shot below right as it was starting.

I have a 10K coming up on Memorial Day (forgot about it when I set my monthly goal). That alone would put me over my goal. And I’ll be doing a few more long walks before then. I’m wondering if I should change my goal? Have to think about that.

 

[sophy1996]

+105, mostly walking and yard work

705/1400

 

[Elizabeth Smith]

I took a 40 minute walk tonight after it cooled off a bit outside. Happy Monday.

410/800

 

[sophy1996]

Disney Parks Blog continues their profiles on some of Disney's employees of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian heritage. Here's an article about a Filipino-American cast member who is responsible for some of the delicious treats at Amorette's Patisserie in Disney Springs.

 

[Raya]

Posting my numbers, then back for maths later today - spoiler, I'm going post about an actress who's been in Star Wars, the Marvel-movie 'verse, and major Disney films both animated and live action. Any guesses?

60 minutes Saturday - Gym workout with new trainer, we didn't do the work I wanted to do (lifting) but I was crazy sore afterwards so I guess that's okay.
35 minutes "running" on Sunday. My quads were a disaster so this was more like a glorified hobble than a run.
30 minutes today - "running" still has to be in quotes. My legs are about 90% recovered. Guess the gym kicked my butt more than I thought.

373/480 - 77%

 

[Bethislucy]

544/1800 not a good last few days haven't got to do much of anything :/